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Friday, November 2, 2012

The Wicked Wager by Anya Wylde @Anyawylde

The infamous rake, Lord Richard Hamilton, has finally chosen his bride—the very appropriate Miss Emma Grey.The
ton approves, Lord Grey is pleased, Lady Grey delighted, and Emma is
over the moon, but her uncle, (the blasted) Duke of Arden opposes the
match, and Emma is ordered to move to the duke’s estate to think things
over.Richard Hamilton refuses to take things lying down and concocts
a plan. A plan that should have brought the lovers together and had
them married within a month. It was a simple matter of masquerading as
the duke’s gardener, compromising the lady, and then having the duke
rush them off to Gretna Green.Alas, he underestimates the duke’s
intelligence and the tangled situation on the estate—never had he
imagined that compromising a lady could be so difficult.His
endeavours lead to a comedy of errors, charades, and knotty love
affairs. Yet he forges ahead in spite of pesky house guests, a flea
bitten mattress, his lovesick best friend, and a blackmailer.Just
when things seem to be going well, someone is murdered (very
inconvenient), and he happens to be one of the suspects (extremely
inconvenient). His simple plan for winning the wager suddenly becomes … a tad complicated.